“I give up on pop music. As far as a commercial entity, as far as pop m...” — Ry Cooder Quote

“I give up on pop music. As far as a commercial entity, as far as pop music goes, I quit; I absolutely throw in the towel. I can't handle it. I can't do it. I can't be what they need you to be.”

“I don't understand the public, but I do believe the public is oversold and underrated every day. Give the people something interesting, something to chew on, I say.”

“After all is said and done and institutions fail, people still have some ability to care for each other.”

“I'm a great lover of ballads.”

“When I was little, 4 or 5 years old, the first guitar I had was given to me by a blacklisted violinist - a lefty, commie guy, pinko man.”

“I've tended to look at my albums as research and development. I was just trying to get someplace new on each one.”

“I think he tries to be nice. But he has absolutely zero self-awareness. None. Zip. So we see the public Donald Trump, the candidate, as being different than the in-person Donald Trump.”

“The myth is that women and their families don't have to make trade-offs to have an 'extreme career'; they absolutely do. How you prioritize your life and career is your choice. Once you make a decision, stick to it; don't always second-guess yourself.”

“About a year ago I got really exhausted from reading bad scripts and I know that I am a writer and that I have stories to tell, so I thought, 'Let's do this!' So I'm co-writing a screenplay now with another screenwriter and loving it. Absolutely loving it. And I would like to be the producer on the project and of course the lead is me.”

“I like Cornwall and particularly the Isle of Mull on the west coast of Scotland where I got married. It's absolutely beautiful.”

“The principle that light can be in two places at the same time is absolutely extraordinary.”